KIM FOSTER - Paul Glabicki
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Channel: NYC GALLERY OPENINGS · 2014 · Entertainment
Relativity -- Paul Glabicki January 09 - February 15, 2014 Each drawing in the RELATIVITY drawing series is a relentless accumulation of images, data, form and color progressively added in pairs -- one element in relation and relative to another. Each pair of elements is a singular event, contrast, or juxtaposition -- some simple and formal (large/small, left/right, reversals, contrasts, foreground/background), others more complex (fact/fiction, two versions of similar data, past/present, opposites, comparisons). Sets of data, marks, and detail are created or arranged by choice of the artist, or selected, extracted or transcribed from found or researched material. Einstein references appear in each drawing, colliding with other pairs of images and data relating to other notions of relativity and relative associations (proportion, growth, size, color). Dual processes and representation also factor into the construction of the compositions. In a parallel activity prior to the making of the drawings, hundreds of actual ink brush strokes were made and categorized, and then systematically selected, paired, drawn, and added to the final drawing space. Mechanical technique (assisted by drafting tools) is used in relation to freehand drawing or traced detail. The completed drawing becomes a unique configuration and multi-layered collage, a record and architecture of information and visual form constructed in pairs, at once simultaneous, mysterious, and, depending on the observations of the viewer, a multi-layered reality or record to be read, discovered and explored at each viewing. Music by: Chill Carrier
